Do you have an opinion? Your letters 9-26

Dear TNCP,

My name is Todd A. Heywood. I am a journalist based in Lansing, MI. In the course of my career I have covered many issues revolving around HIV — from criminalization, to disclosure to epidemiology and new discoveries in medicine and science. I am also openly HIV-positive.

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Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite

By Reference Librarian Eunice Borelli

By now everyone has heard about the bedbug epidemic that’s affecting everything from the fanciest hotel rooms to college dorms to cruise ships. In August, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a joint statement, which touched on the history of bed bugs in the United States, signs to watch for, and steps to take for prevention and control.
 

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Videoview

The Social Network” was a box office hit!

By Jay Bobbin
Tribune Media Services

STARTING THIS WEEK: “THE SOCIAL NETWORK”: One of the best-reviewed movies of 2010, director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s superb drama recalls the roots of Facebook through the personal experiences that prompted then-college student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg, in an excellent, complex performance) to develop what morphed into the wildly popular website. Its growing pains were considerable, though. Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara, Josh Pence, Joseph Mazzello and Brenda Song also are in the sterling cast. DVD extras: audio commentary by Fincher and Sorkin. **** (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)
 

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Rick Steves: Tourist Beware: Europe’s Lastest Travel Scams

Just because someone looks official doesn’t mean they are. In Italy, “Tourist Police” may stop you on the street, flash their bogus badges, and ask to check your wallet for counterfeit bills or “drug money.” Courtesy photo

By Rick Steves
Tribune Media Services

Gelato in hand, you’re strolling down a street in Italy, when suddenly, an attractive woman starts arguing with a street vendor. A crowd gathers as he accuses her of shoplifting.
 

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Three Fashion Tips for the Career Minded Women

By  David Bounder

For some women looking their best in the workplace is an absolute necessity and staying on top of fashion can be the key to always looking stylish. Most women that are career minded want to be taken seriously and this can be evident in the way that you dress. Many professional women swear that if you dress for success, then success will come so without further ado, let’s explore some fashion tips that will help you on the road to success.

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Caribbean Entertainment Year In Review

Rihanna

By CaribWorldNews

NEW YORK, NY — Say Caribbean entertainers and 2010 has got to be the year sexy Grammy-winning Bajan singer Rihanna took her career to a whole new level.
 

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Guide to Weight Loss Success

To begin your diet program, use a journal to record everything you eat every day for two weeks.

By Katrina Bertol
Naturally Savvy

There are diet fads, diet pills, products, and strict protocols that will help you lose weight quickly — and then gain it back twice as fast. We develop relationships with food over the course of our lives, and many turn into addictions and routines. What we eat, when we eat, how much we eat, how we eat and why we eat are really the magical missing pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. If we’re not aware of these questions and answers, then no diet, weight loss routine, or supplement will ever work.
 

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Mother Flippin’: One Funny Mother

Test Your Noodles
By Tashmica Torok

Test Your Noodles
I do not enjoy doing dishes. In the ranking of household chores, it is at the bottom with other futile tasks like laundry, cleaning the toilet (did I mention I have three sons?) and emptying the litter box.

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My Answer

By Billy Graham
Tribune Media Services

Q: My neighbor isn’t religious, and whenever I try to talk with him about my faith he just shrugs and says that he doesn’t believe what the Bible says. How can I convince him the Bible is true, and that he needs to give his life to Jesus? – M.F.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 9-26

Dear Readers,

Even though we may remove ourselves from certain negative situations  the internal damage may not be resolved.  It takes more than a two weeks vacation or a three month break-up to deal with hurt and disappointment.  For the record, this is for both men and women.

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